Biography:
Ian Dury and the Blockheads were one of the most popular groups of the New Wave era in the U.K. in the 70s and early 80s. Their eclectic sound was drawn from their many musical influences; these included funk, jazz, rock and roll, soul, and reggae, not to mention leader Ian Dury's love of music hall. Dury's lyrics were a unique combination of lyrical poetry, word play, acute observation of British everyday life, and scatalogical humour. As the Blockheads, the band continued to play after Dury's untimely death in 2000.
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Other songs:
- Billericay Dickie
- Blackmail Man
- Blockheads
- Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
- Im Partial To Your Abracadabra
- Itinerant Child
- Lullaby For Francis
- My Old Man
- Profoundly In Love With Pandora
- Sweet Gene Vincent
- There Aint Half Been Some Clever Bastards
- Uncoolohol
- Wake Up And Make Love With Me
- What A Waste
- Youre More Than Fair
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...SWEET GENE VINCENT... by Ian Dury & The Blockheads
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*from 'New Boots and Panties!!' (1977)*
Intro: (Spoken)
F
Blue Gene baby...
F, Dm (x2)
F Dm
Skinny white sailor, the chances were slender,
F Dm
The beauties were brief.
F Dm
Shall I mourn your decline, with some Thunderbird wine,
F Dm
And a black handkerchief?
F Bb
I miss your sad, Virginia whisper.
G7 C Caug
I miss the voice, that called my heart.
Bb Am Dm Bb Am Gm
Sweet Gene Vincent, young and old and gone.
C A7 Dm
Sweet Gene Vincent.
(n.C)
Who, who, who slapped John?
Interlude: (Faster Tempo)
G, D, G
Break:
G (n.C)
White face, black shirt, white socks, black shoes.
Black hair, white Strat, bled white, died black.
Verse 1:
G C G C G D
Sweet Gene Vincent, let the blue cats roll to-night;
G C G C G D G
At the sock hop ball, in the union hall, where the bop is their de-light.
Verse 2:
G C G
Here come duck-tailed Danny, dragging Uncanny Annie,
C G D
She's the one with the flying feet.
G C G C G D G
You can break the peace, daddy sickle grease; the beat is reet com-plete.
Bridge 1:
C G G7
And you jump back honey in the dungarees, tight sweater and a pony tail;
C
Will you guess her age, when she comes back stage?
A7 D7 C#7
The hoodlums bite their nails.
Solo:
C, G G7, C D7 G
Break:
G (n.C)
Black gloves, white frost, black crepe, white lead.
White sheet, black knight, jet black, dead white.
Verse 3:
G C G C G D
Sweet Gene Vincent; there's one in every town,
G C G C G D G
And the Devil drives, 'till the hearse ar-rives and you lay that pistol down.
Verse 4:
G C G C G D
Sweet Gene Vincent; there's nowhere left to hide.
G C G C G D G
With lazy skin and ash-tray eyes; a perfo-rated pride.
Solo:
D C (x2)
Verse 5:
G C G C G D
So farewell ma-demoi-selle Knicker-bocker Hotel, fare-well to money owed.
G C G C
But when your leg still hurts, and you need more shirts,
G D G
You got to get back on the road.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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F Dm Bb G7 C Caug Am
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
133211 xx0231 x13331 353433 x35553 x32110 x02210
Gm A7 G D D7 C#7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
355333 x02223 355433 x57775 x57575 x46464
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 ([email protected])
------------------------.............................
*from 'New Boots and Panties!!' (1977)*
Intro: (Spoken)
F
Blue Gene baby...
F, Dm (x2)
F Dm
Skinny white sailor, the chances were slender,
F Dm
The beauties were brief.
F Dm
Shall I mourn your decline, with some Thunderbird wine,
F Dm
And a black handkerchief?
F Bb
I miss your sad, Virginia whisper.
G7 C Caug
I miss the voice, that called my heart.
Bb Am Dm Bb Am Gm
Sweet Gene Vincent, young and old and gone.
C A7 Dm
Sweet Gene Vincent.
(n.C)
Who, who, who slapped John?
Interlude: (Faster Tempo)
G, D, G
Break:
G (n.C)
White face, black shirt, white socks, black shoes.
Black hair, white Strat, bled white, died black.
Verse 1:
G C G C G D
Sweet Gene Vincent, let the blue cats roll to-night;
G C G C G D G
At the sock hop ball, in the union hall, where the bop is their de-light.
Verse 2:
G C G
Here come duck-tailed Danny, dragging Uncanny Annie,
C G D
She's the one with the flying feet.
G C G C G D G
You can break the peace, daddy sickle grease; the beat is reet com-plete.
Bridge 1:
C G G7
And you jump back honey in the dungarees, tight sweater and a pony tail;
C
Will you guess her age, when she comes back stage?
A7 D7 C#7
The hoodlums bite their nails.
Solo:
C, G G7, C D7 G
Break:
G (n.C)
Black gloves, white frost, black crepe, white lead.
White sheet, black knight, jet black, dead white.
Verse 3:
G C G C G D
Sweet Gene Vincent; there's one in every town,
G C G C G D G
And the Devil drives, 'till the hearse ar-rives and you lay that pistol down.
Verse 4:
G C G C G D
Sweet Gene Vincent; there's nowhere left to hide.
G C G C G D G
With lazy skin and ash-tray eyes; a perfo-rated pride.
Solo:
D C (x2)
Verse 5:
G C G C G D
So farewell ma-demoi-selle Knicker-bocker Hotel, fare-well to money owed.
G C G C
But when your leg still hurts, and you need more shirts,
G D G
You got to get back on the road.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
F Dm Bb G7 C Caug Am
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
133211 xx0231 x13331 353433 x35553 x32110 x02210
Gm A7 G D D7 C#7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
355333 x02223 355433 x57775 x57575 x46464
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 ([email protected])
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